Coat.



No. 846,581. V PATENTED MAR.'I2, 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18. 1905.

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PATENTED `MAR. 12,1907.

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APBLIGATION FILED JAN. 1a, 1905..

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SAMUEL LEWIS, OF MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI.

COAT.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12, 1907.

Application filed January l 8, l 905. Serial No. 241,6 65.

To all whom, t may concer-71,: J

Be it known that I, SAMUEL LEwIs, a subject of the Czar of Russia,residing at Meridian, in the county of Lauderdale and State ofMississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coats,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to coats, and especially to overcoats, and has forone of its objects to provide a coat having a wing or flap securedat'each side, extending from the waist down, and adapted to be foldedback when the wearer is walking and across the front .to protect thelegs and knees when riding.

Another object of my invention is to provide a pouch in each sleeve witha thumbstall on the outside of the sleeve to ac't as a mitten to protectthe hands of the wearer, the end of said sleeves turning back when notused as mittens.

A further object is the provision of a detachable panel removablysecured under the coat-collar and at the back and formed with a plaithaving deep folds that may be thrown over the head of the wearer andform a hood.

The advantages of my invention will more fully appear hereinafter and byreference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a frontview of a lay-figure with my improved coat thereon, showing the hoodthrown over the head and the flaps buttoned across the front; Fig. 2, arear view showing the hood secured on the back and the iiaps folded backand secured to make a walkingcoat; Fig. 3, a detail view of one of theiiaps; Figs. 4 and 5, detail views of the end of one of the sleeves, andFig. 6 a reverse view of the hood-panel detached from the coat.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference charactersindicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, A representsmy overcoat, consisting of a front comprising the two pieces B and B',the rear edge of which are laterally extended from the waist down, asshown at C and C', respectively, to form one face of iiaps D and D. Theback E has its side edges laterally extended from the waist down, asshown at F and F, to form the other face of flaps D and D.

The flaps D and D have buttonholes d therein to register with buttons eon the back of the coat when it is worn as a walking-coat and withbuttons b and b at the waist on the front of the coat when the wearer isriding or driving to protect the knees and legs.

I represents a pocket in each flap that is exposed when the flaps arefolded across the front of the wearer, and H pockets at the sides of thecoat and near the top edge of the flaps, which are accessibl'e when theflaps are folded across the back.

The end of each sleeve is adapted to fold back, as shown at I, and isformed with a pouch K, into which the hand of the wearer may be insertedwhen the sleeve end is turned down. L is a thumbstall pendent on theside of pouch K to receive the thumb when the hand is inserted in saidpouch K, the whole structure being that of a mitten.

M represents a panel secured at the top under the collar by means ofhooks and eyes N or any other suitable temporary fastening 'and having acentral plait O therein with the folds narrow at the top, as shown at o,and gradually widening to the bottom o', where they are quite wide, sothat when thrown over the head of the wearer the plait forms a hood, asshown in Fig. l. A strap P is secured to the lower end of the panel M,having buttonholes p in its ends to register wi th buttons c when not inuse as a hood.

Q represent loops on the sides of the panel M to receive a string to betied under the chin when the hood is in position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a coat, aflap on each side extending from the waist down and adapted to besecured to either the front or the back of the coat, substantially asshown and described.

2. In a coat, a ilap at each side consisting of a double thickness ofmaterial formed by laterally extending the front and back portions ofthe garment, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a coat, a flap at each side consisting of a double thickness ofmaterial formed by laterally extending the front and back portions ofthe garment, said 'liaps having buttonholes therein, and buttons on thefront and back of the coat at the waist to register with saidbuttonholes, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a coat, a flap at each side extending from the waist downconsisting of a double thickness of material formed by laterallyextending the iront and back portions of the garment each of said flapshaving a buttonnear its upper edge intermediate the ends of IOO hole atits upper free corner and a buttonhole I IO the flap, and buttons on thefront and back of the coat spaced apart to register with the buttonholesin the flaps, substantially as shown and described.

5 5. In a coat, the front consisting of the pieces B and B having theirrear edges eX- tended laterally from the Waist down to form one face ofa flap at each side of the eo at, and

the oaek piece E extended laterally from the ro Waist down to form theother face of the llap,

